Sydney-based artist Karen Farmer has a close connection to New York. For the past few months, she has been getting requests by some of the city’s most notable graffiti writers to paint portraits of them painting graffiti. Farmer’s Instagram is peppered with her photorealistic renderings of EASY, DUEL, SEV and SEBO among many others. She not only paints the artists, but also recreates their tags with great detail. HER IG_ https://instagram.com/karen_farmer/ check out her interview below . ANY: How old are you? KF: Old enough to remember Grandmaster Flash being played on Australian radio for the first time. ANY: When did you first start taking notice of graffiti? KF: As a kid I remember seeing a tag on a fence and really liking it — and then it was gone. They buffed it straight away. I remember that made me sad and I wondered why it was gone. Ever since, I have valued graffiti. ANY: When did you choose to start painting graffiti writers? KF: I started to pa...
